What's Up Scarlet? 12:00pm • Oct 1 • Film center

Opposites clash in this very funny story. Scarlet is a workaholic L.A. matchmaker whose harried life gets even more complicated when she’s rear-ended by Sabrina, a homeless actress with a foreign accent. Touched by Sabrina’s apparent helplessness, Scarlet offers her a place to stay for the night—and opens a pandora’s box of comic complications. Adding to scarlet’s woes are her controlling mother (Sally Kirkland), who’s determined to see her married, and her neurotic, pot-smoking brother, ben, who blows his top when scarlet unwittingly matches him up with a porn star. Can Scarlet maintain her determination to dominate every dicey situation? Can the free-spirited Sabrina find work as an actress, despite uncooperative (and scary) casting directors? And what will happen when these two find themselves in the throes of a mutual attraction that beckons them into the uncharted territory of unexpected love? —Elsa Ader (USA, 2005, 84 min, dir: Anthony Cadarella)